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BARBERTON DAISY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Barberton daisy mean? 

BARBERTON DAISY (noun)
  The noun BARBERTON DAISY has 1 sense:

1. widely cultivated South African perennial having flower heads with orange to flame-colored raysplay

  Familiarity information: BARBERTON DAISY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BARBERTON DAISY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Widely cultivated South African perennial having flower heads with orange to flame-colored rays

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Barberton daisy; Gerbera jamesonii; Transvaal daisy

Hypernyms ("Barberton daisy" is a kind of...):

African daisy (African or Asiatic herbs with daisylike flowers)

Holonyms ("Barberton daisy" is a member of...):

genus Gerbera; Gerbera (genus of South African or Asiatic herbs: African daisies)


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